Right now I am living in a country where people have no real awareness of illnesses and contamination of water by their actions. I see everyone sneezing into their hands and then walking off to shake hands with someone else and I am horrified! But on the other hand, (no pun intended) they don't use the antibacterial soaps and other typical products found in the U.S. to 'protect' themselves and there don't appear to be more flu or viral infections here (according to a medical doctor I know quite well) as a result.
I asked her the question "Do you think all the shots and soaps really do any good?" She said, "The Americans, and some peoples of other countries, are terribly preoccupied with staying well and as a result, I think, they do things which leave them more vulnerable to a host of ailments which if they lived more naturally would resolve themselves without any action."
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I refuse to use those anti bacterial soaps and lotions as I believe they lower one's resistance. I have a friend who works the toll booths and he is never sick. The only time he was, was when he left his job for several months and then came down with colds and the flu, one right after another.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that more children have come down with asthma because of the constant cleaning that American's have come to rely on. How come you and I grew up playing in the dirt and eating with the same hands a sandwich and were rarely sick ? We only heard of asthma in the news and that it happened to someone we didn't know.
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Of course Sandy we wish a speedy recovery for your MMer. x
ReplyDeleteOh yes I am late again but I send my very best and positive thoughts for your MMer for a very speedy recovery.
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